At a cost of $533 million, the Kingdom hopes to quickly bring on-line new water supplies to satisfy surging demand and “improve the quality of water services” in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has approved $24.5b for water, agriculture, and environment spending to allow government leaders to meet 16 goals set as part of its Vision 2030 development plan, Reuters reports.

A new local study done by the King Faisal University finds that Saudi Arabia’s timetable for water is much shorter than previously estimated.

The U.S. state of California has serious water challenges as Governor Jerry Brown issued a mandatory restriction on usage for the first time. Nathan Halverson on revealnews.com notes that Saudi Arabia's challenges with water present lessons for the largest state in the U.S.

Saudi Arabia contributes $500 million in support of Iraqi refugees. US applauds move.